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The Giant Sleepsuit Myth And Why Baby Girl Leggings Are Better

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in the nursery wearing a milk-stained nursing tank and exactly one sock. Maya was four months old, screaming at a pitch that I'm pretty sure was vibrating the windowpanes,...

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The Thermoregulation Bug: Why We Keep Our Baby in Rompers

We were standing in the driveway during that weird Portland heat dome last July when my brain effectively blue-screened. My mother-in-law was on FaceTime insisting our then-newborn needed full linen long sleeves so the sun wouldn't vaporize him. My neighbor...

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Sarah holding a messy silicone baby bowl covered in spaghetti sauce.

The Messy, Soap-Tasting Truth About Choosing The Right Baby Bowls

Before I even bought a highchair for Leo, three different people gave me completely contradicting advice about feeding him. My mother-in-law cornered me in my own kitchen to say that plates were a waste of money and I should just...

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The Real Deal With Baby Swaddling And Escaping The Burrito Phase

It was 3:00 AM, and my oldest son Jackson looked like a very angry, heavily perspiring tamale. I was sitting on the nursery floor trying to wrestle him into a thick, quilted heirloom blanket my grandma insisted was the only...

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Baby Bowls Silicone: Troubleshooting The Night Spaghetti Won

6:14 PM, Tuesday. The ambient temperature in the kitchen was 68 degrees, but the marinara sauce slowly dripping down the bridge of my glasses was closer to 105. My eleven-month-old daughter had just executed a flawless physics demonstration right in...

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A confused dad looking at a messy high chair and a green silicone baby bib.

The Engineering of Bib Safety and Dishwasher Survival Protocols

My mother-in-law told me to just tie a cloth napkin around his neck because "that's what we did in the eighties." A guy on the r/daddit subreddit swore by stripping his kid down to a diaper and hosing him off...

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The brutal truth about chunky baby sweaters and keeping infants warm

You're thirty seconds into trying to shove a rigid, uncooperative little arm through the tiny sleeve of a thick cable-knit pullover when you realize you've made a terrible mistake. The baby is screaming. You're sweating. The dog is staring at...

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Dad adjusting an organic baby blanket on a stroller during a winter walk

The Stroller Blanket Learning Curve: A Dad's Cold Weather Guide

We were exactly three blocks from the coffee shop on Hawthorne, the wind was doing that aggressive Portland damp-chill thing, and my 11-month-old was screaming as if I had deeply offended him. I had tucked him into the travel system...

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Tired mom holding a baby wearing a cozy wool sleep sack in a nursery

Why A Wool Sleep Sack Fixed My Massive Midnight Laundry Problem

It was 3:14 AM, and I was standing in the dark over my oldest child’s crib with my hand shoved down the back of his pajamas, trying to figure out if he felt like a normal human boy or a...

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